van Waveren Surname

387,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Waveren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Waveren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7211:23,4223,761
South Africa771:703,60750,359
Australia281:964,13257,058
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
France101:6,642,272293,169
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

van Waveren Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Waveren Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Waveren is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Waveren.

How Common Is The Last Name van Waveren? popularity and diffusion

The surname van Waveren is the 387,740th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of van Waveren are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Waveren is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 721 people, or 1 in 23,422. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 41 percent are found, South Holland, where 26 percent are found and Utrecht, where 12 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

van Waveren Last Name Statistics demography

van Waveren earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.12% less than the national average, earning R 230,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Waveren
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis